Saturday, June 18, 2011

Wow. I can't believe it's been five weeks. I told Laura this morning, this partnership has lasted longer than some of my relationships! But I digress.

This was a pretty busy week for both of us, but I am so proud of Laura for the multitude of blog posts she made this week! A grand total of 5! A blogging machine, that one.

These were my goals for last week:

Go to first Delta Genealogical Society meeting.

Select and send a French vital record for translation.

Attend 4 Jamboree webinars.

Work on Case 3 of Inferential Genealogy.

Blog more than once.

Okay, so I went to the society meeting. I'll be blogging about that separately ... but I can tell you that I absolutely cannot wait until the next one! Wonderful people down there at the Delta Genealogical Society!

I actually ended up sending three French records for translation - not because I was greedy - but because I wasn't sure which ones would be easier to read. They were all pretty crappy old copies. In any case, Laura was able to get a rough draft of the transcriptions and translations to all three of them to me yesterday, which impressed the heck out of me. She must eat lots of carrots because I don't know how she was able to make some of those words out. My eyeballs are obviously foreign-language-impaired ... so much for Lasik. I think I have determined, now that the translations are done enough to make some sense out of them, that two of the records are probably not my people. Bummer, I know ... but one of them is my GGGrandfather! So, yippee!

I attended not just 4 ... but all 5 of the Jamboree webcasts! I posted about that here.

I wasn't able to get to Case 3 before our meeting this morning because my homework got in the way (and took a lot longer than I really wanted), so that's getting pushed onto this week's list. The IG Group is meeting tomorrow night, so I absolutely have to get that done ASAP.

I was able to make 3 blog posts this week in addition to my weekly update.

This week I'm allowing a little even more wiggle room in my goal list because I'm still getting settled with my homework and how much time it takes (obviously, the hour per night I allotted on my schedule for studying isn't cutting it -- I have been spending a minimum of 3 hours per night just getting through a chapter. Don't judge - it's algebra). So ... here is my list for this week:

Mail requests for military records for my GGrandfather and Granduncle (my mom got my grandmother to sign them so I could mail them off for her father's and brother's records).

Finish Inferential Genealogy Case 3.

Call the activity director at my grandmother's assisted living center to discuss the photo project I am sending, and ask for her guidance and suggestions before I send the letter (I keep meaning to do it, but I keep leaving her number on my desk at home and she's only there while I'm at work ...)

Blog more than once.

Yes, it's a relatively light list, but at least it will keep me moving forward on a few things, at least for the next 8 weeks (or until this algebra class kills me).

Incidentally, we also discussed Debbie's "Tuesday's Tips" post over at Mascot Manor about her processes. I can relate to the buckshot approach to research whenever I find a new person to add to my tree. Fortunately, our Success Team meetings have helped me rein that in a little bit, and I know that Debbie's tips will help too. I encourage everyone to take a look at it ... she has one of the best research checklists I've seen (and it's an Excel spreadsheet, which makes it even better!) She also has a link to the most awesome citations-on-the-go post-it notes. I ordered mine on Tuesday night and they arrived yesterday ... zoom!

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Paralegal by day, but my alter ego is a Genealogist. I have been working on my genealogy in fits and starts since about 1990, when my grandfather passed away and I inherited his research. I have just begun working through the NGS Home Study Course, well on my way toward genealogy certification.